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Well i started to get the idea that i might want to reinstall XP pro on my system. Since i'd been thinking about it for a while i started to take the time to move important files over to my 2nd hard-drive. After formatting and reinstalling the 2nd hard-drive wouldn't show up and in the device...

ah. yep! it was the ram. ended up having 183 error just on the first pass. Popped in another stick and got it working fine. awsome help from people on the forums! thanks

linney, thanks for your information. I'm to run some of this by on her computer. As for XP not being compatible that shouldn't be the case, its been running xp for almost a year now with no problems. but the ram, i'll check it out. With windows 98 running shes been complaining about it being...

sorry i forgot to include that. yes, i formatted it for NFTS with xp. i guess windows 98 was fat32. Linux had its own filetype which formatted without a problem

ok so my friends computer just sort of collapsed. Apprently out of nowhere it starts doing this cycle of loading to the windows xp loading screen and then rebooting, and it just keeps doing this. Nothing was important on the system so i wiped it all out and attempted to install xp. I kept...

ah, I’ll just say what happened. Ended up replacing the case, power supply, processor and heatsink. I think the main problem was that the retail fan that came with the Athlon processor was used and that the case didn't circulate the air very well. I thought that maybe the processor had taken...

oh jeeze. well. i figured it out right after posting. Go into properties from the desktop and change the theme.. and then just change it back to what you prefer. I cant belive it. HA

Yeah... well it seems that I’ve found a way to screw up my OS again. While testing the install of some software for Windows 95 on XP it did the most bizarre thing to my OS. As soon as it finished installing and I opened the program, the resize bars on any window and the edge on the task bar...

well now that it seems that the computer is also failing at home.. im starting to rule out the problem for the power from the outlet being a problem. Still stumped. Im having it taken into a repair shot for troubleshooting since i dont have extra parts to check this. I'll update on what...

Anothig thing to point out that i found out. She has her computer hooked up at home through two power strips. One in the wall, then the other hooked into that one. I had to move her computers power to the one closest to the wall. Could the power strip have anything to do with the trouble...

*UPDATE!* ok the computer has crashed again. this time finding the computer in boot saying "disk boot failure" Being rebooted and working fine. Light can still be turned on and off. Probe software says the processor is running at 68C She says the case feels warm... so im...

OK i talked to her today and had to turn the light on and off. It worked FINE. so far no problems at all. She wants to upgrade so that she'll have a better time when we got back to school. She really wants a new case because the one now is flimsy and has 1 fan spot. Also im thinking from...

interesting.. well the pc is back on at home. On first boot (OS: windows XP) got into the OS and then a window for sending an error to microsoft popped up. Popped up again after restarting. Then she just deleted the file and so far its been working fine. :shrug: hrm... i guess its only been...

now when the power ripples... what exactly does that do to the other parts of the computer? the motherboard is set to automatically reboot after getting shut off. Usually theres a hard-drive error shown in the boot. or sometimes it says that the cpu tried to overclock but has failed. Do those...

Yeah, interesting point. we will soon find out if that was the case becuase my friend is going home today with her computer. she'll keep me updated on how the pc does and i'll be going to visit her soon if it starts having the problems again. thanks for all the support! its been really...

yeah thats what im thinking... heh i'll definetly look into fixing the cpu heatsink and reapplying some artic silver. still think that a nice case with some fans would make me worry a little less. or do you think thats not the problem? hrm.

thanks for replying, here are the specs of the computer: ASUS A7V333 motherboard Athlon 2100 cpu w/retail heatsink-fan Samsung 512 mb pc2700 ddr Western Digital 120 GB ATI ALL-IN-WONDER Raedon 8500DV its been running since late December, it was put together at my house and then transfered to...

The first time the computer started to have problems it would shut down when large applications were run (so it seemed), and then from there it started to shut down during idle times, rebooting and getting stuck in boot with failure to find master drive. For some reason after this the idea...

good points, i'll look into them when i get available parts to swap with. Right now i have the side of the case open and a fan blowing on it as a temporary way of cooling the case. It seems to running fine now, but i'll give it a few more days to see what happens.

Its been commented on now that it might be that there arn't enough fans and the hard-drive is overheating. This computer has one rear fan, the cpu fan, and a fan in the powers supply (above the cpu) it seems very likely since the hard-drive is mounted in the front. anyone think this might be...